Bernhard Law Firm Wins Challenge to Section 1782 Investigation into Brazil Energy Trading Dispute, Has Investigation Vacated and Quashed

Bernhard Law Firm has won its challenge to a Section 1782 petition requesting the aid of the United States District Court of the Southern District of Florida to investigate certain alleged owners of a Brazilian energy trading company out of Recife, Brazil.… Read More Bernhard Law Firm Wins Challenge to Section 1782 Investigation into Brazil Energy Trading Dispute, Has Investigation Vacated and Quashed

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Bernhard Law Firm Wins $647K Judgment Against Miami Financial Adviser of “Ultra High Net Worth Individuals”

Bernhard Law Firm has won a final judgment for $647,763.21 in damages against a Miami financial adviser who claimed to oversee client accounts for “ultra high net worth individuals.” See Miami-Dade Circuit Civil case no. 19-6848 CA.… Read More Bernhard Law Firm Wins $647K Judgment Against Miami Financial Adviser of “Ultra High Net Worth Individuals”

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Bernhard Law Firm Wins Judgment Upholding 1976 Venezuelan Divorce Assignment

This week Bernhard Law Firm won a quiet title judgment on a Brickell condominium after obtaining the Court’s recognition of a 1976 Venezuelan divorce assignment originally occurring abroad. (Florida Bar disclaimer: results may not be typical. You may not have as beneficial a result, or same or similar results).… Read More Bernhard Law Firm Wins Judgment Upholding 1976 Venezuelan Divorce Assignment

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A Primer on Local Discovery to Aid a Foreign Lawsuit Under 28 U.S.C. Section 1782

United States federal statute 28 U.S.C. Section 1782 gives a U.S. federal court discretion to grant foreign litigants access to information in the U.S. that is unavailable otherwise. Section 1782 is not a conduit to circumvent the law in the foreign proceedings, nor a method to fish for information that is protected abroad. This note provides a primer on Section 1782.… Read More A Primer on Local Discovery to Aid a Foreign Lawsuit Under 28 U.S.C. Section 1782

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Bernhard Law Firm Wins Dismissal for South Beach Hotel in Commercial Interference Case

Bernhard Law Firm recently won dismissal of claims in a Miami lawsuit involving the firm’s client, a South Beach hotel located in the upscale South of Fifth neighborhood. (Florida Bar disclaimer: results may not be typical. You may not have as beneficial a result, or same or similar results). Bernhard Law Firm was defending the hotel… Read More Bernhard Law Firm Wins Dismissal for South Beach Hotel in Commercial Interference Case

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Florida’s Construction Lien Statute – Easily Navigating the Dense Code of Construction Lien Law

This article focuses on the actual structure of Florida’s construction lien statute to lend an understanding of its breadth, limitations, and organization. Florida’s construction lien statute is also known as Florida’s “Construction Lien Law” and is embodied in Florida Statutes Chapter 713 titled Construction Liens.… Read More Florida’s Construction Lien Statute – Easily Navigating the Dense Code of Construction Lien Law

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Bernhard Law Firm Brings $7.6M Suit on South American Fisheries and Crabbing Dispute

Bernhard Law Firm has filed suit in Miami to recover on loans and stock purchase dues owed by a Peruvian private investment manager, who fraudulently took money, laundered investments through alter ego shell companies in Uruguay and the BVI  to dislodge his contractual debt obligations… Read More Bernhard Law Firm Brings $7.6M Suit on South American Fisheries and Crabbing Dispute

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